Cassandra High Performance Cookbook

You can mine deep into the full capabilities of Apache Cassandra using the 150+ recipes in this indispensable Cookbook. From configuring and tuning to using third party applications, this is the ultimate guide.Key FeaturesGet the best out of Cassandra using this efficient recipe bankConfigure and tune Cassandra components to enhance performanceDeploy Cassandra in various environments and monitor its performanceWell illustrated, step-by-step recipes to make all tasks look easy!Book DescriptionApache Cassandra is a fault-tolerant, distributed data store which offers linear scalability allowing it to be a storage platform for large high volume websites. This book provides detailed recipes that describe how to use the features of Cassandra and improve its performance. Recipes cover topics ranging from setting up Cassandra for the first time to complex multiple data center installations. The recipe format presents the information in a concise actionable form.The book describes in detail how features of Cassandra can be tuned and what the possible effects of tuning can be. Recipes include how to access data stored in Cassandra and use third party tools to help you out. The book also describes how to monitor and do capacity planning to ensure it is performing at a high level. Towards the end, it takes you through the use of libraries and third party applications with Cassandra and Cassandra integration with Hadoop.What you will learnInteract with Cassandra using the command line interfaceWrite programs that access data in CassandraConfigure and tune Cassandra components to enhance performanceModel data to optimize storage and accessUse tunable consistency to optimize data accessDeploy Cassandra in single and multiple data center environmentsMonitor the performance of CassandraManage a cluster by joining and removing nodesUse libraries and third party applications with CassandraIntegrate Cassandra with HadoopWho this book is forThis book is designed for administrators, developers, and data architects who are interested in Apache Cassandra for redundant, highly performing, and scalable data storage. Typically these users should have experience working with a database technology, multiple node computer clusters, and high availability solutions.